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Networkwide Exchange on Securing Land Rights for People and the Planet

On 27 April 2021, ESCR-Net co-hosted an online discussion on land rights. Over 50 members from across Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe and North America, convened virtually to learn from each other’s experiences and strengthen shared analysis and...

Amicus reaffirms States’ human rights obligations to adequately and effectively address the climate crisis

On May 6^th, several human rights organizations submitted a joint third-party intervention in Duarte Agostinho and others v. Portugal and others, the first climate change case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The intervenors drew on international, regional...

Event Summary: Comic Launch: Corporate Capture of the UN

"It is we the people who have the power to stop corporate capture, and we have to—we have no choice." - Bobby Ramakant

>> Brief summary of ESCR-Net's virtual launching event for our comic series

"The Power of the 99% to...

Mar

2021

Comic Launch: Corporate Capture of the UN

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Background Document - Corporate capture of the United Nations

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Background document on Corporate Capture

Oct

2020

Virtual Side-Event: Overcoming Corporate Capture in the UN Binding Treaty

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Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya

Nevsun Resources Ltd. (Nevsun), a corporation incorporated in British Columbia that owns 60% of the Bisha Mining Share Company, appealed from the Court of Appeal’s agreement with the Chambers Judge to dismiss Nevsun’s motion to strike the pleadings. Nevsun was sued in a class action made up of more than 1,000 individuals who claimed they were forced to work at the Bisha Mining Share Company’s mine between 2008 and 2012.

Novartis AG v. Union of India, (2007)

This case concerns the constitutionality of Section 3(d) of the 2005 Amendment (“Amendment”) to India’s Patent Law, which was added to comply with Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and World Trade Organization’s (WTO) minimum standards for protecting intellectual property. Section 3(d) requires that inventions based on a known substance be patentable only if they show the “enhanced efficacy” of the known substance. Novartis, a large pharmaceutical company, submitted a patent application for its leukemia medication, Gleevec. Novartis’ application was denied on

A-Bloteh v. Golden Veroleum Liberia, before the Appeals Panel of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

The complaint was initiated against GVL in October 2012 before the RSPO. The Complaints Panel’s first decision in the case was on December 13, 2012, finding that the complaints had merit and issuing a Stop Order against GVL. Beginning in 2013, GVL was required to file quarterly reports on its activities in Liberia, including its efforts to improve its operations and to comply with later decisions from the RSPO.